How to create a lecture series in PD able

10 Feb 2026

Perfect for professional development that occurs over multiple sessions

A Lecture Series allows you to manage professional development that takes place over multiple sessions while keeping everything under a single activity.

This is ideal for:

Monthly professional learning programs
Workshop series
Staff training spread across multiple dates
Online learning programs delivered in stages

Instead of creating a new activity for every session, you can create one Lecture Series and add multiple dates.

Step 1: Create a new lecture series

Navigate to:

In-house Activities → Add Activity

Select Lecture Series from the list of activity types.

Complete the activity details including:

Title
Description
Teaser text

Step 2: Set the timing

Under the Timing section, select Scheduled.

This enables the additional date and time options required for a Lecture Series.

Choose the appropriate Delivery Method:

Online
Physical Location
Mixed

Enter the Measure (duration) which will be used for each session.

Example: If each workshop runs for one hour, enter a duration of one hour.

Fill in the rest then click Finish.

Step 3: Add your session dates

Once the activity has been saved, it will appear in the In-house Activities list, click on it and navigate to the Where & When tab.

This is where you can add all dates and times that form part of the Lecture Series.

For example:

Session 1 – 10 March
Session 2 – 10 April
Session 3 – 10 May
Session 4 – 10 June

After entering your dates, click Save.

Step 4: Check competency settings

Open the Competencies tab to review any competencies linked to the activity. Click the Add button, then select a PD system (the current one is highlighted at the top of the form), if you want to assign other standards from another system you can search for it in the field provided.

This ensures staff receive the correct professional development recognition when completing the sessions.

Step 5: Recommend the activity to staff

If you would like staff to see the Lecture Series in their Recommended Activities list, switch the recommendation setting to On (you may have already done this in the initial setup, if not, turn it on here).